Welcome to Vancouver’s First Annual Blogathon
Friday, July 25th, 2008
Posted by Jenn Lowther
* This blog post is part of Invoke’s participation in the 2008 Vancouver Blogathon for Charity
As I’m sure you are aware if you follow our blog, this is Invoke’s first entry into the first Annual Vancouver Blogathon. A group of Vancouver’s top bloggers have gotten together to use our blogging skills and blog reach to do some good - as a group, we are supporting charities that help people from downtown Vancouver to families in small communities in Africa. We will be publishing a blog post every 30 minutes for the next 24 hours. Yes that is right, you will be treated to 48 wonderful posts from Invoke.
When I signed Invoke up for this blogathon, I put a call out to fellow staff members for help with writing all of these blog posts. And did they ever deliver, you will get to read posts from - Nadia Nascimento, Dario Meli, David Tedman, Ryan Holmes, Murat Ayfer, Andre Liem, Saleem Barnard, James Wilson, Paul Donnelly, Zuri Scrivens, and even our office dogs:) This assortment means that you will be getting a wide range of perspectives and topics that are generally not covered in the blog.
Invoke has chosen a charity that is very close to our hearts. Through the Lochmaddy Foundation, all donations will be directed to a community in Mali, West Africa. We are collecting donations through Plan Canada and would like to thank them and specifically Heather for all of their hard work in helping Invoke bring this all together.
Families in N’Gouraba are working hard to improve their lives and the lives of their children through a special agricultural project. Your donation will empower and enable them to realize increased crops, more family income with new opportunities and a brighter future.
Invoke has set a fund raising goal of $3000 for the blogathon. If you would like to support our efforts - which we would greatly appreciate - you can make a donation to the cause here.
At the time of posting this blog, we have raised and amazing $X,XXX dollars to help support the families of N’Gouraba. I would like to take a second and thank each and every person who has donated to this cause and remind you that we still have 24 hours left to raise money for the charity.
